Kathmandu. The stock market rose on the first trading day of the week. The market index NEPSE increased by 7.73 points and stopped at 2796 points. Earlier on Friday, NEPSE increased by 1.5 points. The turnover has decreased. The previous day's turnover was 5.27 billion, but today it was 4.74 billion. While the value of 157 companies increased, 102 decreased while 10 remained stable.

Manufacturing and processing group increased the most by 1.52 percent. Likewise, development bank 1.14, banking 0.68, finance 0.42, hotel and tourism 0.97, life insurance 0.13, microfinance 0.29 and non-life insurance increased 0.15 percent.